SPORTS IN BRIEF | February 16, 2013

Two boxing champions from Nova Scotia will be part of the Canadian men’s team set to compete in the Dominican Republic beginning Monday.

Pictou County’s Brody Blair and Dartmouth’s Custio Clayton are among 12 fighters at a training camp in Puerto Rico this week in advance of the Independence Cup.

The team will travel to the Dominican Republic on Saturday.

Clayton, who made it to the quarter-finals of the 2012 London Olympics, will compete in the 69-kilogram weight class. Blair is one of two Canadians fighting at 75 kg.

Blair and Quebec’s Vincent Thibault will both compete in the event as Team Canada looks to develop both fighters toward the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. They will be slotted on opposite sides of the draw, meaning they could only meet in the ring in the final.

Sixteen nations, including the U.S., will take part.

Kent, Krahn among

ECC combatants

Mike Kent takes on Cody Krahn in one of the feature bouts at Saturday’s Extreme Cage Combat show at the Olympic Hall in Halifax.

He’ll meet James Te Huna in his fight tonight in London. The match is set for 205 pounds.

Jimmo, a native of Saint John, N.B., now fighting out of Edmonton, set a record in his first UFC fight, knocking out Anthony Perosh in seven seconds at UFC 149 in Calgary. He won a $50,000 bonus for knockout of the night.

The 31-year-old Jimmo has won 17 in a row since losing his MMA debut in 2007. He fought on several Halifax cards before moving west three years ago.

Terms of the deal announced Friday by the Nationals were not immediately known.

The 26-year-old Zimmermann had asked for $5.8 million, while the Nationals submitted $4.6 million. He made $2.3 million last season, when he went 12-8 with a 2.94 ERA, making 32 starts and pitching 195 2/3 innings.